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    Merlin Day Academy - Classroom with brightly colored rug and whiteboard. Bathroom is seen through a door.

    Merlin Day Academy

    (4 reviews)

    Avondale

    Merlin Day Academy has been a wonderful, supportive place for our son. He has thrived there and we…read moreare grateful for all of the kindness and patience that the staff has showed to both him and all of the children. He has made real gains with using his AAC device and also learning strategies to help him control behavior. They have also presumed competence in his education and have helped him move up the ladder academically. He has benefitted from all of the therapy modalities and I have been impressed with everyone he's worked with: parapros, teachers, and therapists.

    This is our 3rd year at Merlin; before that our son was at Blue Bird Day, a preschool also under…read morethe Eya's Landing umbrella. We have only had positive experiences at both schools. Merlin provides comprehensive therapeutic services, including ABA, ST, PT, OT, and Social Work, in addition to educational services. The staff are insightful, creative, patient, compassionate and fun, and my son absolutely loves his time at school. The learning mixed with therapeutic play is just right for him developmentally, and his therapists take a holistic approach to building social and academic, and other skills he'll need to function throughout life. As someone who taught for nearly a decade and has worked in school settings since, I can fully appreciate the level of individual attention he gets from his therapists and therapeutic assistants, the extensive communication with families to stay up to date on our goals for our child and to let us know how his day is going (including notes and photos throughout the day!). And mostly I appreciate that he is not just sitting around at a desk all day doing differentiated work--I he is active and thinking, engaged, and having fun as he builds new skills. I see the review from two and a half months ago, and I think the context there is important: hers was the very first child to transition from private insurance to ISBE funding, so it makes sense that she personally would have experienced the growing pains as they adjust to a different system. I can imagine that this is a steep learning curve, and I'd extend some grace to them as they figure it out. In our second year at the Avondale location, I'd say they have worked out a lot of kinks, and that this is a joyful place for my child to learn throughout the day. We have found it to be a godsend.

    Lakeview Speech and Language Clinic

    Lakeview Speech and Language Clinic

    (16 reviews)

    I reached out to Lakeview Speech for an evaluation for my child. Initially I emailed Tracy about…read moresetting up the evaluation. We then set up a time to speak on the phone to discuss the situation in further detail. She was very helpful and told me that another therapist, Erica, would be getting in touch shortly to schedule the evaluation. We set up the appointment shortly thereafter. Erica arrived at our home right on time and was wonderful, patient, responsive, and knows her stuff! I was very impressed. We also decided to do an evaluation at my child's school which was easily scheduled. My child's teachers noted how great Erica was- they were also impressed. I was very happy with the knowledge and services of this group!

    I am so grateful to be working with Lakeview Speech and Language Clinic. Tracy was very responsive…read moreto all of my questions when I first sought her out, and helped answer all of my crazy questions. Our speech therapist, Erica, is so great with our 5-year old son. It has probably been about half a year now, and we have seen so much progress in his language development. Our son looks forward to his speech sessions and has fun while learning. I love receiving the detailed summary after each session, as well as helpful / relevant assignments that we can print out and work with at home. Erica is engaging, patient, friendly and professional. The activities continue to evolve as our son's language develops, and it's clear that the plan is individualized and personalized to his specific needs. As you know, there is no "one-size-fits-all" plan for these kind of things. We could not be any happier with Lakeview Speech and Language Clinic. If you are looking for a speech therapist for your child, just call up Tracy. She is the best!

    La Casa Montessori School

    La Casa Montessori School

    (8 reviews)

    My son is in his second year at La Casa, and we plan to enroll our daughter when she is old enough…read more The building is clean and beautiful, and the teachers are communicative and caring. They respond promptly to text and email, and post pictures weekly on the closed FB group. I know that as soon as my son steps into the classroom, he will be treated with dignity and kindness. He loves all his teachers and gets so excited to see them - he even wanted to invite them to his birthday party! La Casa does a great job of following the Montessori methods, and I have been impressed by what my son has been learning (and is excited to learn!) - at 3, he is teaching Spanish to US! He has become quite and eager helper at home, too. La Casa is excellent at working with parents on potty training, and is much more flexible than most schools at working with the parents of kids with special needs to make sure they are learning to their full potential. Probably what I love the most is how active the kids are every day. They go for walks and to the park nearly every day, usually twice a day. When the weather isn't cooperating, they play "pelotas" and games inside, and they have Zumba at least once (if not two or three times!) per week, which my son LOVES. They also have options for yoga and additional directed art on top of the regular classroom art (and this all starts at age 2!). The only reason I would not give La Casa 5 stars yet is there is still room to improve in terms of administration. They would benefit from FT rather than PT administrative staff, as the organization can be a bit lacking at times. As a parent, you need to be a bit persistent to get all the information you need at the beginning - but at least the staff is very responsive. My son and our family have made some wonderful friends through this school, and we would recommend it to other families looking for a flexible, full-day, reasonably-priced, Spanish immersion school starting at age 15 months.

    Best most loving teachers and great classes! We've been at this school for 3+ years. The lessons…read moreand classes are diverse and so rich. Art, yoga, field trips, science for the older kids! I can't say enough about the loving teachers and staff. They're true family.

    PACE At NLU - Prom Night

    PACE At NLU

    (3 reviews)

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    There's nothing about this program that could improve. The teachers are rude and are very…read moredisrespectful to the students. Why might people ask? Cuz they don't give a sh*t. The teachers don't do their jobs. They're always overreacting about everything. They are a bunch of idiots who were very rude to me and my girlfriend. If this program closes down in the next couple of years, I'm not gonna be surprised.

    I was a student at PACE (2017-2020) I did not graduate because i decided to leave to focus on my…read moremental health and felt that I didn't need this program. i am a very open person about my disability, however my needs were not met. there were good things that came from me attending this Program. i met new people. and I cherish the friendships I have made and am grateful I met them through PACE, unfortunately, this was the only positive thing for me. there are MANY flaws in the program when I attended. for example, I was rediagnosed by a medical professional. when I started here I had Bipolar disorder, then in 2018 I was rediagnodes with Borderline Personality Disorder (making Bipolar disorder a misdiagnosis). my parents advocated for me to recieve very specific treatment to help my BPD, and help me continue to be stable and functional in life. however it was revealed to me by my parents (after I left the program completemy) that the staff who were in charge of the program disagreed about my new diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, they told my parents "She doesn't have that! we don't think she has that! she will not be accommodated to do her treatment program instead of school/internship." fast forward to late March/early April of 2021, I was admitted into a mental health facility. i was in the treatment center april 12, 2021 - July 28, 2021 fora mental health issues that was so severe on my health (I was so unstable because I didn't recieve the treatment when I was first recommended to start the intensive treatment. i didn't have the correct and effective coping skills and knowledge of what I have. because I didnt get this help in 2018 I had no idea what was going on with me, i almost did something I would've regretted) I believe it I were to have done this intensive treatment called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in 2018, I most likely wouldn't have gone into a severe depression and anxiety and slowly slipping away from my life because I would've had the coping skills and intensive skills knowledge to manage my life in a healthy way. But my accommodations my parents and I were trying to get me we're rejected. also, another example is that I had been threatened verbally by another peer countless times and reported it to the staff in PACE, (I wasn't the only student being threatened by this one person). there were countless times I would stick up for myself AND my peers who were also victims of this one individual peer who would constantly bully other students. i had brought this up to all the staff and they didn't do much to help. they just suspended the student and brought him back. i would ask my parents for help with talking to the staff about being verbally attacked and threatened to be physically harmed. the student got suspended multiple times, when they should've been expelled. (the student just graduated this year 2022) I know that because i have friends who graduated in 2022 as well. i did NOT feel safe at this program. I i am currently in therapy. and one of the main topics I discuss are my time at PACE and the Trauma I have triggered and caused by the situations at the program. i don't think I can select 0 stars for the rating of this program. my rating of this program is 1 star total. and that is generous of me. because I did meet friends. other than that, this program sucks and I am disgusted and angered by my time here.

    The Writers Loft - adultedu - Updated May 2026

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